Toy-balloon valve.



F. IVI. DAYTON.

TOY BALLOON VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED FB.24. IQII.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

opinion.

FREDERICK -IVll. DAYTON, 0F NEWYORK, N. Y.

TOY-BALLOON' VALVE.

memes.

Application ined rebruary a4, 1917.

To all whom t may concer/n Be it blown that l, FREDERICK M DAY- TON, acitizen of the United States, residing at 39 W. 32 St.,.New York, in thecounty ot New York and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulToy-Balloon Valve, of which the following is a specilication.

The present invention relates to valves for toy balloons, and aims toprovide a novel and improved check v,valve for preventing the escape ofair or gas when the balloon is inflated.

llt is the cbj ect of the'invention to provide a toy balloon valve ofextremely simple and compact construction, which can be inexpensivelymanufactured, and which is thoroughly practical and efficient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understoodthat changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein ldisclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

rlhe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinAFigure l is a perspective view of one form of valve.

Fig. 2 is a diametrical section thereof illustrating the valve diskseated.

Fig. 3 is a diametrical section of a modicationv as applied to the neckof the balloon. n carrying out the invention, there is provided a disk lprovided with a central aperture 2 and having a marginal tlange'or rim 3extending toward one side for housing the valve disk or member 4. Thisvalve disk is composed of a sheet of soft pliant rubber or equivalentl'material and is of slightly smaller diameter than the flange or rim 3.The edge ofthe iiange or rim 3 is provided with inturned ears 5, threeof them being illustrated, although any suitable number -can beemployed'. A stid disk 8 of metal,

cardboard or the like, is disposed loosely within the flange or rim 3between the disk 4 andV ears 5. These ears 5 act as stops to limit themovement of the disk 8 away from the seat provided by the disk lsurrounding the aperture 2 and the disk 8 acts as a stop t0 limit themovement of the disk 4. The disk l can be provided with anannular cor-Specication of Letters atent.

retreated aan. i., reis. serial No. 150,795.

rugation 6' surrounding the aperture 2 and vpro]ectmg in the samedirection as the flange 3, so that the valve disk 4 in being pressedagainst the corrugation 6 will provide a gas 'tight t, to avoid leakage.rl`he disk l with its flange 3 and ears 5 can be readily stamped fromsheet metal or othersuitable stock, and the construction is exceedinglysimple and inexpensive. The liange 3 not only accom# modates the valve4, but also enables the device to be applied to the neck or nipple ofthe balloon. The device 'is so applied that when the balloon is beinginflated, the disks 4 and 8 are blown bodily away from permitting of thepassage of air or gas, but as soon as the inflation of the balloon isstopped, the reverse liow of air or gas, due to the tendency of theballoon to deflate itself, will be prevented because of the tact thatthe disk 4 will -be blown against the seat or disk l with the disk 8',thereby closing the aperture 2. The valve disk 4 is normally fiat, butbeing composed of soft pliant rub.

the aperture 2 against the ears 5, therebyl' tion thereof which bearsagainst the corrul gation 6, thus vproviding a tight closure.

from being bulged outwardly or forced between the ears 5. l l

The structure shown in Fig.v 3 is somewhat similar t0 that shown inFigs. 1 and 2, with the exception that the ears 5 are osetto furtherlimit the movement of the valve disk 4 away from the seat.

The rim or flange 3 is concaved transversely or is inthe :form of anannular Furthermore, the disk 8 prevents the disk 4- instruckycorrugation providing an outer annular groove, for receivingand holdingwith an airtight it the bead 9 on the1 end of theballoon neck 7, said,bead contracting and seating in thel groove.

rlhe present valve is not only useful for toy balloons, but can alsobeused for 're-l taining air in various inflatable-devices, such as ootball bladders, tires, and the like.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: y

l. A valve embodying a seat member hay` ing an aperture and rim, apliant valve member within said rim seatable against the seat member toclose said aperture, said rim havmg inturnedmeans spaced from said seatmember for limiting the bodily movement of the valve member away fromthe seat member, and said rim being concaved transversely between saidseat member and means for the reception of an velastic member withinwhich the valve is inserted.

2.'A valve embodying a sheet metal disk having an aperture and amarginal flange extending to one side, a pliant. valve disk movablewithin said flange and seatable. `against the aforesaid disk to closesaid y aperture, said flange having inturned ears spaced from said valvedisk for limitingthe bodily. movement of the valve disk away from thefirst mentioned disk, and said zoflange being concaved transverselybetween said disk and ears for the reception -of an elastic memberwithinwhich the valve is inserted.

3. A valve embodying a sheet metal disk having a central aperture, acorrugation surrounding said aperture, and a marginal ange, a pliantvalve disk movablewithin said flange and seatable against the aforesaiddisk and its corrugation to close said aperture, and a stiff disk withinsaid flange to bear against the vvalve-disk, the edge of said,v flangehaving inturned ears for limiting the bodily movement of the valve andstiff disks away from the irstmentioned disk, the valve and stiff vdisks being of greater diameter than the corrugation.

4. A valve embodying a seat member having an aperture and-a rim, apliant valve' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I havehereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK M. DAYTON.

Witnesses:

A. H. DENT BRIS, ALVIN WoRrHAM.

member within said rim seatable against the

